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[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 84 points 1 year ago (3 children)

My best friend recently came out as francais. Well, he used to be my best friend.

[–] JizzmasterD@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 year ago

Now we’re just amis sharing the ménage of trois.

[–] yumpsuit@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

More than friends, less than lovers?

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 year ago

That's disgusting! He's FRENCH!

[–] myster0n@feddit.nl 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did you never notice it when he kissed you?

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 1 year ago

It used to just be on the lips, but now it's on both cheeks. It makes me uncomfortable.

[–] Hyphlosion@donphan.social 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There are only two things I can’t stand in this world: People who are intolerant of other people’s cultures, and the D̶u̶t̶c̶h̶ French.

[–] odium@programming.dev 32 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] gramathy@lemmy.ml 58 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

The French get a bad rep, they riot for anti-worker bullshit, they helped the US win the revolution,and they didn’t go along with dubya’s stupid Iraq war

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.ca 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I've never been impressed with my fellow Americans who talk shit on the French. We have mostly let go of our revolutionary spirit, and they never did. We would do well to pick up where we left off at Blair mountain.

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[–] sailingbythelee@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The current bad reputation of the French is mostly because of WW2. They surrendered after only 6 weeks of fighting and then heavily collaborated with the Nazis. French collaboration was so heartfelt that they refused to hand over their navy to the British when requested to do so. They even fired on American ships and troops in North Africa when the Americans arrived to liberate them from German occupation.

The French were also enthusiastic participants in the Final Solution. According to Wikipedia, "the Nazis in France relied to a considerable extent on the co-operation of local authorities to carry out what they called the Final Solution. The government of Vichy France and the French police organized and implemented the roundups of Jews."

After the war, De Gaulle promoted the narrative that the French heroically resisted the Nazis, but this was not at all true. The famous French Resistance was tiny until the last part of the war, and only grew once it became clear that Germany would lose. The French government also denied their role in the Holocaust for over 50 years until 1995 when Jacques Chirac finally admitted that, "[T]hose black hours soiled our history forever. ... [T]he criminal madness of the occupier was assisted by the French people, by the French State. ... France, that day, committed the irreparable."

So, yeah, that's why people dunk on France, particularly when it comes to military matters. They certainly did not live up to the ideals of the Revolution or the martial prowess of Napoleon.

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[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd LOVE to. Like Marion Cotillard for example.

[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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[–] Titou@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Bro insulted us but probably daily use words we invented

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[–] snooggums@midwest.social 11 points 1 year ago

the French liked this

[–] meanPresentation80@lemmy.ml 32 points 1 year ago (4 children)

J’suis pas le seul français ici apparement

[–] supercriticalcheese@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] bob_lemon@feddit.de 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] SeekPie@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
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[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago
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[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 30 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] seliaste@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's gold have to do with this?

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[–] Betch@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (14 children)

Aumelette du fromage.

You're welcome :3

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[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Being french is not a problem in this household.

Being British on the other hand...

[–] felykiosa@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As a French I approve this

[–] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago

My condolences

[–] Korne127@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hate the "new" gay flag :(

[–] verenor@lemmy.tf 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have only seen this flag in this here post and it looks to me as if it were the lesbian and gay pride flags next to each other.

[–] kattenluik@feddit.nl 7 points 1 year ago

That'd be because they are the lesbian and gay pride flags next to each other.

[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Someone you know is a human

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[–] Kanda@reddthat.com 11 points 1 year ago

I'm okay with all of these except the French

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wait is the gay flag not a rainbow anymore? I can't keep up. The rainbow was so cool.

[–] Rustmilian@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Left is lesbian pride flag, right is gay male pride flag. Rainbow is basically the catch all LGBTQ pride flag.

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[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Thankfully I don't know anyone like that lol

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, we can still talk, if only they stopped talking about OCaml

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